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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 627460
- Pincode
- 676122
- Post office
- Manjeri College
- Population
- 20,453
- Households
- 4,069
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1107 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,821
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 302 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 257 km
- Nearest railway station
- Thodiyappulam · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Helth Center Peleppuram · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Elankur compares
By population, Elankur ranks #8 of 15 villages in Ernad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.4%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Elankur
- 79.4%
- Ernad mandal
- 80.2%
- Malappuram district
- 80.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,107
+56 vs mandal average
- Elankur
- 1,107
- Ernad mandal
- 1,051
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Elankur
- 5.0
- Ernad mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Elankur at a glance
Elankur is a village of 20,453 people in 4,069 households (Census 2011) in Ernad taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, the 8th-largest of 15 villages in Ernad taluk. Literacy is 79%, about the same as the taluk average of 80% and the sex ratio is 1,107 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Malappuram district centre, 3 km from Vadakkangara, the nearest town, 11 km from Thodiyappulam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 676122, served by Manjeri College post office; the LGD village code is 627460. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The village votes in Mankada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjalamkuzhi Ali. The population is estimated at 24,114 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Trikkalangode →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elankur · this village | 20,453 | 79% | — |
| Payyanad · Ernad | — | — | 2 km SW |
| Vadakkangara · Perinthalmanna | 18,702 | 81% | 2.8 km SW |
| Manjeri · Ernad | — | — | 5.3 km W |
| Trikkalangode · Ernad | 15,112 | 82% | 5.9 km W |
| Thiruvali · Nilambur | 27,734 | 82% | 6.8 km N |
| Pandikkad · Ernad | 18,406 | 81% | 7.5 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Elankur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 23
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 7
- Middle school
- 3
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Manjeri
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Trikkalangode
- Total area (ha)
- 3,018
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80.97
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Elankur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Elankur
- LGD code
- 627460
- Pincode
- 676122
- Post office
- Manjeri College
- Population (Census 2011)
- 20,453
- Population (projected 2026)
- 24,114
- Households
- 4,069
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1107
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Coordinates
- 11.13333°N, 76.16667°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Malappuram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mankada
- Member of Parliament
- E. T. Muhammed Basheer
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manjalamkuzhi Ali
- Block / Mandal
- Ernad
Getting there
How to reach Elankur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram302 kmcapital
- Bengaluru257 km
- Chennai496 km
- Hyderabad739 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationThodiyappulam11 km
- Bus stopcharagav2 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Helth Center Peleppuram3 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda5 km
- Petrol pumpMammi Haji & Sons5 km
- Collegeproduction lab2 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Pandikkad7 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- charagav2.4 km
- Health centre
- Primary Helth Center Peleppuram3.0 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Elankur
3 Mosques, 5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Elankur
8 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫GMLP SchoolSchool1.2 km ↗
- 🎓production labCollege2.0 km ↗
- 🎓Eranad Knowledge city,Cherukulam, ManjeriCollege2.1 km ↗
- 🏫HIMUP School GroundSchool2.3 km ↗
- 🏫Government Upper Primary School PelepuramSchool3.6 km ↗
- 🎓Jamiya Salamiya Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school4.0 km ↗
- 📚Gramin LibraryLibrary4.9 km ↗
- 📚Public LibraryLibrary5.0 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 676122
Villages near Elankur
Other villages in Ernad mandal
View all 22 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)